Aug172018

Pernice Brothers – How To Live Alone Chord Progression on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard

ChordsAm Em Fmaj7 CAmadd4G Bbmaj7 DmFmaj7/AG6

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This is the chord progression of Pernice Brothers – How To Live Alone on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Verse]
Am            Em            Fmaj7             Fmaj7
Simple breeze and you might blow away
Am            Em Fmaj7    Fmaj7
Simple things you never share
Am            Em            Fmaj7                       Fmaj7
So you don’t decide and everything is temporary
Am            Em      Fmaj7    Fmaj7
A life without the benefit of tears

[Chorus]
C Amadd4 Em
I’m holding on
C Amadd4 Em
I’m holding on
C Amadd4 Em
Let me let go
Fmaj7 Fmaj7
I need to love someone

[Verse]
Am Em Fmaj7            Fmaj7
Keep a foot out of the blacker end
Am    Em          Fmaj7 Fmaj7
Keep away the crush of years
Am            Em            Fmaj7            Fmaj7
But we prayed too hard and everything was ordinary
Am            Em        Fmaj7    Fmaj7
A life without the bitterness of years

[Chorus]
C Amadd4 Em
I’m holding on
C Amadd4 Em
I’m holding on
C Amadd4 Em
Let me let go
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7
I need to love someone

[Instrumental]
C G Bbmaj7
C Dm Fmaj7/A G
C G Bbmaj7

[Break]
Dm Am
Be forgotten
Fmaj7 G6
Be forgotten
Am Am

[Bridge]
Am Em Fmaj7 Bbmaj7
How to live alone, a still and simple life
Am Em Fmaj7 N.C.
How to live alone while everyone’s
Bbmaj7 N.C. Fmaj7 N.C.
Da, da, da, da… da, da, da, da…
Bbmaj7 N.C.
Da, da, da, da… da, da, da, da
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7
Da, da, da, da, da Da, da, da, da, da
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7
Da, da, da, da, da Da, da, da, da, da

[Chorus]
C Amadd4 Em
I’m holding on
C Amadd4 Em
I’m holding on
C Amadd4 Em
Let me let go
Fmaj7 Fmaj7
I need to love
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7
Ba, da, da, da…

[Outro]
C Amadd4 Em
I’m holding on
C Amadd4 Em
I’m holding on
C Amadd4 Em
I’m holding on
C Amadd4 Em C
I’m holding on

How to play How To Live Alone: key, chords and progression

How To Live Alone by Pernice Brothers is built around F major (one flat: B♭), with 10 chords in all: Am, Em, Fmaj7, C, Amadd4, G, Bbmaj7, Dm, Fmaj7/A and G6.

The backbone of the song is C – Amadd4 – Em – C (V – iii – vii – V in F major). In solfa, that is soh – mi – te – soh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Good to know: Bbmaj7 and G6 are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.